{"id":78,"date":"2017-07-07T19:48:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T19:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonsfoundation-production.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com\/collaborations\/global-brain\/projects\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T11:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:55:10","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/collaborations\/global-brain\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":74,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/outreach_science_sandbox_supported_projects.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"block_editor":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"&nbsp;\r\n<a title=\"Analyzing a complex motor act at the mesoscopic scale\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/analyzing-a-complex-motor-act-at-the-mesoscopic-scale\/\"><strong>Analyzing a complex motor act at the mesoscopic scale<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nMichael Long, New York University\r\n\r\nLiam Paninski, Columbia University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Attentional modulation of neuronal variability constrains circuit models\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/attentional-modulation-of-neuronal-variability-constrains-circuit-models\/\"><strong>Attentional modulation of neuronal variability constrains circuit models<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nMarlene Cohen, University of Pittsburgh\r\n\r\nBrent Doiron, University of Pittsburgh\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Catching fireflies: Dynamic neural computations for foraging\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/catching-fireflies-dynamic-neural-computations-for-foraging\/\"><strong>Catching fireflies: Dynamic neural computations for foraging<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nDora Angelaki, Baylor College of Medicine\r\n\r\nXaq Pitkow, Baylor College of Medicine\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/circuit-mechanisms-of-social-cognitive-computations\/\">Circuit mechanisms of social cognitive computations<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\nWinrich Freiwald, The Rockefeller University\r\n\r\nStefano Fusi, Columbia University\r\n\r\nLiam Paninski, Columbia University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Computational principles of mechanisms underlying cognitive functions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/computational-principles-of-mechanisms-underlying-cognitive-functions\/\"><strong>Computational principles of mechanisms underlying cognitive functions<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nStefano Fusi, Columbia University\r\n\r\nDaniel Salzman, Columbia University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/cortical-mechanisms-of-multistable-perception\/\"><strong>Cortical mechanisms of multistable perception<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nAnthony Movshon, New York University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/corticocortical-signaling-between-populations-of-neurons\/\">Corticocortical signaling between populations of neurons<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\nAdam Kohn, Albert Einstein College of Medicine\r\n\r\nByron Yu, Carnegie Mellon University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Decoding internal state to predict behavior\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/decoding-internal-state-to-predict-behavior\/\"><strong>Decoding internal state to predict behavior<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nBernardo Sabatini, Harvard Medical School\r\n\r\nRyan Adams, Harvard University\r\n\r\nSandeep Datta, Harvard Medical School<strong>\r\n<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dense Mapping of Dynamics onto Structure in the C. elegans Brain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/dense-mapping-of-dynamics-onto-structure-in-the-c-elegans-brain\/\"><strong>Dense Mapping of Dynamics onto Structure in the C. elegans Brain<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nManuel Zimmer, IMP Research Institute of Molecular Pathology GmbH\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dynamics of neural circuits, representation of information, and behavior\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/dynamics-of-neural-circuits-representation-of-information-and-behavior\/\"><strong>Dynamics of neural circuits, representation of information, and behavior<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nShaul Druckmann, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus\r\n\r\nKarel Svoboda, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Global brain states and local cortical processing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/global-brain-states-and-local-cortical-processing\/\"><strong>Global brain states and local cortical processing<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nMatteo Carandini, University College London\r\n\r\nKenneth Harris, University College London\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Hidden states and functional subdivisions of fronto-parietal network\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/hidden-states-and-functional-subdivisions-of-fronto-parietal-network\/\"><strong>Hidden states and functional subdivisions of fronto-parietal network<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nRoozbeh Kiani, New York University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Higher-Level Olfactory Processing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/higher-level-olfactory-processing\/\"><strong>Higher-Level Olfactory Processing<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nLarry Abbott, Columbia University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"How the basal ganglia forces cortex to do what it wants\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/how-the-basal-ganglia-forces-cortex-to-do-what-it-wants\/\"><strong>How the basal ganglia forces cortex to do what it wants<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nJoseph Paton, Funda\u00e7\u00e3o D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud\r\n\r\nBrian Lau, Institut National de la Sant\u00e9 et de la Recherche M\u00e9dicale\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Interaction of sensory signals and internal dynamics during decision-making\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/interaction-of-sensory-signals-and-internal-dynamics-during-decision-making\/\"><strong>Interaction of sensory signals and internal dynamics during decision-making<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nAnne Churchland, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Large-scale cortical and thalamic networks that guide oculomotor decisions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/large-scale-cortical-and-thalamic-networks-that-guide-oculomotor-decisions\/\"><strong>Large-scale cortical and thalamic networks that guide oculomotor decisions<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nBijan Pesaran, New York University\r\n\r\nXiao-Jing Wang, New York University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Large-Scale Data and Computational Framework for Circuit Investigation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/large-scale-data-and-computational-framework-for-circuit-investigation\/\"><strong>Large-Scale Data and Computational Framework for Circuit Investigation<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nE.J. Chichilnisky, Stanford University\r\n\r\nDavid Brainard, University of Pennsylvania\r\n\r\nFred Rieke, University of Washington\r\n\r\nBrian Wandell, Stanford University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Mechanisms of Context-Dependent Neural Integration and Short-Term Memory\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/mechanisms-of-context-dependent-neural-integration-and-short-term-memory\/\"><strong>Mechanisms of Context-Dependent Neural Integration and Short-Term Memory<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nMark Goldman, University of California, Davis\r\n\r\nEmre Aksay, Joan &amp; Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Modulating the dynamics of human-level neuronal object representations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/modulating-the-dynamics-of-human-level-neuronal-object-representations\/\"><strong>Modulating the dynamics of human-level neuronal object representations<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nJames DiCarlo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Network mechanisms for correcting error in high-order cortical regions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/network-mechanisms-for-correcting-error-in-high-order-cortical-regions\/\"><strong>Network mechanisms for correcting error in high-order cortical regions<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nLisa Giocomo, Stanford University\r\n\r\nSurya Ganguli, Stanford University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Network properties and plasticity in high- and low-gain cortical states\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/network-properties-and-plasticity-in-high-and-low-gain-cortical-states\/\"><strong>Network properties and plasticity in high- and low-gain cortical states <\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nMichael Stryker, University of California, San Francisco\r\n\r\nSteven Zucker, Yale University\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/neural-circuit-dynamics-during-cognition\/\"><strong>Neural Circuit Dynamics During Cognition<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nDavid Tank, Princeton University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Neural coding and dynamics for short-term memory\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/neural-coding-and-dynamics-for-short-term-memory\/\"><strong>Neural coding and dynamics for short-term memory<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nIla Fiete, University of Texas at Austin\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Neural computation of innate defensive behavioral decisions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/neural-computation-of-innate-defensive-behavioral-decisions\/\"><strong>Neural computation of innate defensive behavioral decisions<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nMarkus Meister, California Institute of Technology\r\n\r\nDavid Anderson, California Institute of Technology\r\n\r\nPietro Perona, California Institute of Technology\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/neural-dynamics-for-a-cognitive-map-in-the-a1m9-brain\/\">\r\n<strong>Neural dynamics for a cognitive map in the macaque brain<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nElizabeth A. Buffalo, University of Washington\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Neural encoding and decoding of policy uncertainty in the frontal cortex\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/neural-encoding-and-decoding-of-policy-uncertainty-in-the-frontal-cortex\/\"><strong>Neural encoding and decoding of policy uncertainty in the frontal cortex<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nZachary Mainen, Funda\u00e7\u00e3o D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud\r\n\r\nAlexandre Pouget, University of Geneva\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Population dynamics across pairs of cortical areas in learning and behavior\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/population-dynamics-across-pairs-of-cortical-areas-in-learning-and-behavior\/\"><strong>Population dynamics across pairs of cortical areas in learning and behavior <\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nJonathan Pillow, The University of Texas at Austin\r\n\r\nSpencer Smith, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Probing recurrent dynamics in prefrontal cortex\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/probing-recurrent-dynamics-in-prefrontal-cortex\/\"><strong>Probing recurrent dynamics in prefrontal cortex<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nValerio Mante, University of Zurich\r\n\r\nWilliam Newsome, Stanford University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Relating dynamic cognitive variables to neural population activity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/relating-dynamic-cognitive-variables-to-neural-population-activity\/\"><strong>Relating dynamic cognitive variables to neural population activity<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nCarlos Brody, Princeton University\r\n\r\nJonathan Pillow, The University of Texas at Austin\r\n\r\nManeesh Sahani, University College London\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Searching for universality in the state space of neural networks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/searching-for-universality-in-the-state-space-of-neural-networks\/\">\u00a0<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Searching for universality in the state space of neural networks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/searching-for-universality-in-the-state-space-of-neural-networks\/\"><strong>Searching for universality in the state space of neural networks<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nWilliam Bialek, Princeton University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/single-trial-visual-familiarity-memory-acquisition\/\">Single-trial visual familiarity memory acquisition<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\nNicole Rust, University of Pennsylvania\r\n\r\nEero P. Simoncelli, New York University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Spatiotemporal structure of neural population dynamics in the motor system\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/spatiotemporal-structure-of-neural-population-dynamics-in-the-motor-system\/\"><strong>Spatiotemporal structure of neural population dynamics in the motor system<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nJohn Cunningham, Columbia University\r\n\r\nLarry Abbott, Columbia University\r\n\r\nMark Churchland, Columbia University\r\n\r\nLiam Paninski, Columbia University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"The latent dynamical structure of mental activity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/the-latent-dynamical-structure-of-mental-activity\/\"><strong>The latent dynamical structure of mental activity<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nManeesh Sahani, University College London\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"The neural basis of Bayesian sensorimotor integration\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/the-neural-basis-of-bayesian-sensorimotor-integration\/\"><strong>The neural basis of Bayesian sensorimotor integration<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nMehrdad Jazayeri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"The neural substrates of memories and decisions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/the-neural-substrates-of-memories-and-decisions\/\"><strong>The neural substrates of memories and decisions <\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nLoren Frank, University of California, San Francisco\r\n\r\nUri Eden, Boston University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Towards a theory of multi-neuronal dimensionality, dynamics and measurement\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/towards-a-theory-of-multi-neuronal-dimensionality-dynamics-and-measurement\/\"><strong>Towards a theory of multi-neuronal dimensionality, dynamics and measurement <\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nSurya Ganguli, Stanford University\r\n\r\nKrishna Shenoy, Stanford University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Toward Computational Neuroscience of Global Brains\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/toward-computational-neuroscience-of-global-brains\/\"><strong>Toward Computational Neuroscience of Global Brains<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nHaim Sompolinsky, Harvard University\r\n\r\nFlorian Engert, Harvard University\r\n\r\nDaniel Lee, University of Pennsylvania\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Understanding neural computations across the global brain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-projects\/understanding-neural-computations-across-the-global-brain\/\"><strong>Understanding neural computations across the global brain<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nMisha Ahrens, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus\r\n\r\nLarry Abbott, Columbia University\r\n\r\nJohn Cunningham, Columbia University\r\n\r\nJeremy Freeman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus\r\n\r\nLiam Paninski, Columbia University\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Understanding visual object coding in the macaque brain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/understanding-visual-object-coding-in-the-macaque-brain\/\"><strong>Understanding visual object coding in the macaque brain<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nDoris Tsao, California Institute of Technology\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Whole brain calcium imaging in freely behaving nematodes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/life-sciences\/simons-collaboration-on-the-global-brain-2\/whole-brain-calcium-imaging-in-freely-behaving-nematodes\/\"><strong>Whole brain calcium imaging in freely behaving nematodes<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nAndrew Leifer, Princeton University"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128262,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/128262"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}